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Tadious Manyepo Sports Reporter
GOROMONZI High School are starting to reap the rewards of their deliberate football development efforts.
The Mashonaland East institution romped to victory in the NASH Under-20 Proton-Surrey finals at Kwekwe High over the weekend.
They beat Harare provincial champions Allan Wilson 1-0 in the final to lay their hands on this trophy for the first time.
Twelve teams from all the country’s 10 provinces, including the previous winners Rusununguko and the hosts Kwekwe High, converged at the Midlands learning centre for the football jamboree that ran for two days beginning last Friday.
And Goromonzi bossed all of them with the school’s Sports Director, Tendai Gwaza, crediting their deliberate development efforts for the success.
“I am ecstatic with this win. We have worked very hard as a school and we will continue working very hard.
“We have been going around, targeting disadvantaged yet talented children whom we have integrated into the school,” said Gwaza.
“That is paying dividends for us as exhibited by our overall display and ultimate achievement at the Proton-Surrey tournament.
“We will not look back, instead we will continue on that trajectory.
“At the end of the day, we have to help the country nurture talent. As much as we are an academic giant, we also need to be a sporting powerhouse. This achievement is massive for us and I would like to congratulate the school leadership, students, the players and their coach Alexio Chingosho.”
Chingosho was voted coach of the tournament with Goromonzi High mainstay Terrence Chiyangwa being the Most Valuable Player piping his teammate Brendon Chidawu, the scorer of the goal in the final.
Proton Bakeries Chief Marketing Manager, Daniel Chipato, hailed the NASH leadership for helping out in the smooth running of the tournament.
“As sponsors of this tournament, we are very delighted to have had such a flawless competition.
“We are happy with the level of talent we witnessed at the tournament. There were not so many goals, an indication of the compactness from which the games were being played,” said Chipato.
“We will continue to play our role in the development of football. We believe football development starts from the grassroots.
“There were so many scouts present and some players were identified for further development.”
The tournament had been frozen over the past two years owing to the Covid-19 scourge.
Rusununguko won the last edition played at Marondera High School in 2019.
The annual tournament was launched in 2016.
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